Camaro Z28 versus Corvette
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Camaro Z28 versus Corvette
How much of the Corvette market will this thing eat?
http://www.caranddriver.com/chevrolet/camaro-z-28
http://www.caranddriver.com/chevrolet/camaro-z-28
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Two very different cars. Two very different buyers...
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As cool as the Camaro Z28 is I don't see it eating into Corvette market share or vice versa. It's great at driving on a race track! If you're buying it for daily driving, that might be a wrong decision.
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They only built 500 Z28's for 2014, so even if everyone of them was purchased, instead of a C7, that low amount won't mean a hill of beans. Rumor is that GM may build 1500 for 2015.
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It just won Motor Trends best drivers car 2014 beating out a 911 Turbo S and GTR NISMO among others
http://m.motortrend.com/features/per...t_drivers_car/
http://m.motortrend.com/features/per...t_drivers_car/
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The Z28 is a dedicated track car and does very well there. Looking at the Car and Driver Lightning Lap list at VIR shows how quick it is on a track against some very quick and expensive competition. However, a good track car might not be as good a street/touring car. I know that I would not trade my ZL1 Camaro for a Z28 even if it is four seconds faster at VIR. The ZL1 is a much better touring car as is the new Corvette. Our 2015 Z51 does not have the mileage of our 2012 ZL1 but in the short time we have had it, I know it is going to be a great car on both the street and the track. A 2014 Z51 Corvette was within half a second of a 2013 Z06 with the Z07 option at VIR. That makes the C7 Corvette a very capable track car and a great touring car as well.
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I've owned four 5th Gen Camaro's, including a ZL1.
Don't get me wrong cuz I love the Camaro, but the C7 is much more of a "driver's car" than any Camaro.
That's why I traded in my ZL1 for a C7.
Don't get me wrong cuz I love the Camaro, but the C7 is much more of a "driver's car" than any Camaro.
That's why I traded in my ZL1 for a C7.
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I doubt the Z28 will have any impact on the C7 sales. Too few produced and different type of buyer for the Z28.
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How much of the Corvette market will this thing eat?
http://www.caranddriver.com/chevrolet/camaro-z-28
http://www.caranddriver.com/chevrolet/camaro-z-28
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The bad thing about buying a 14/15 Z28 is your buying at the end of a "model" run and the new styling will be out soon. So you own the baddest, but not newest. They should have saved the Z28 for the start of the 6th gen, but that's marketing.
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The Z28 is a dedicated track car and does very well there. Looking at the Car and Driver Lightning Lap list at VIR shows how quick it is on a track against some very quick and expensive competition. However, a good track car might not be as good a street/touring car. I know that I would not trade my ZL1 Camaro for a Z28 even if it is four seconds faster at VIR. The ZL1 is a much better touring car as is the new Corvette. Our 2015 Z51 does not have the mileage of our 2012 ZL1 but in the short time we have had it, I know it is going to be a great car on both the street and the track. A 2014 Z51 Corvette was within half a second of a 2013 Z06 with the Z07 option at VIR. That makes the C7 Corvette a very capable track car and a great touring car as well.
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https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums...post1587756638
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It just won Motor Trends best drivers car 2014 beating out a 911 Turbo S and GTR NISMO among others
http://m.motortrend.com/features/per...t_drivers_car/
http://m.motortrend.com/features/per...t_drivers_car/
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The Z28 is a track special. The corvette is a cruiser for old men..... 2 different markets....
If you want the fastest car.....the z28 is it. But this is a corvette fanboy site. If its slower than a vette its a POS for being too slow. If its faster than a vette its a POS for costing more, or being not as pretty, etc..... you make up the excuses.
If you want the fastest car.....the z28 is it. But this is a corvette fanboy site. If its slower than a vette its a POS for being too slow. If its faster than a vette its a POS for costing more, or being not as pretty, etc..... you make up the excuses.
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The Z28 is a track special. The corvette is a cruiser for old men..... 2 different markets....
If you want the fastest car.....the z28 is it. But this is a corvette fanboy site. If its slower than a vette its a POS for being too slow. If its faster than a vette its a POS for costing more, or being not as pretty, etc..... you make up the excuses.
If you want the fastest car.....the z28 is it. But this is a corvette fanboy site. If its slower than a vette its a POS for being too slow. If its faster than a vette its a POS for costing more, or being not as pretty, etc..... you make up the excuses.
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